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Ride for Fun: Kids Scooters

In recent years, interest in motorsports has reached the younger generations, who have now fueled the growth of child scooter riders. Children under the age of 10 have become enthusiasts of riding scooters. Scooters have long been a popular toy for children and the introduction of motorized scooters further boosted the demand for children’s scooters.

To meet the growing demand for children’s scooters, manufacturers have come up with a variety of designs to suit the comfort and safety of children.

The diverse selection of motorized scooter designs has increased and continues to increase the popularity of the product among young children. With each new model of children’s motor scooter that a manufacturer comes out with, the features and adaptations made just for children become more specific and specialized to better serve the fun and safety of riders. For the first time, there are several starter scooters, with or without a motor, that have the same design as the original t-stand scooters, except that a second rear wheel is attached. The two rear wheels act in the same way as the training wheels on a bicycle to help with balance.

Beyond a basic starter scooter for kids, motor scooter designs get more creative and sometimes elaborate. There are several inexpensive types of children’s scooters with designs that make a mockery of full-size vehicles. Because children will not drive their scooters as road-legal vehicles with cars, scooter designs do not have to meet any requirements to be street-legal. Security measures are still taken, but this factor allows more leeway in creative designs. These non-street-ready scooters also allow manufacturers to make smaller designs, which are more appropriate for small children.

The new favorite scooters for many young children are those with a chopper motorcycle design. These scooters are fairly compact like the T-rack styles, but the seat, handlebars, and wheels have been repositioned to make a miniature simulation of a chopper.

Plastic outer covers are in place to further complete the chopper’s look. Other creative motorized scooter designs completely change the stereotypical scooter designs by placing them lower and on four wheels. These designs are created to imitate luxury vehicles and classic cars. For the most part, the outer shell is what makes the design what it is. The engine and other operating parts are very similar or identical to other scooters.

Children are not going to drive their scooters on the streets like a regular vehicle, but there are safety equipment laws, similar to those established for passenger scooters. Laws and regulations will vary by state, but most areas have a mandatory helmet law in place, generally for children under 14 years of age. To enforce the importance of kids wearing the proper safety gear, some areas issue tickets or $50 fines to violators of the rule. Laws that work this way will likely allow the ticket to be removed if a parent or guardian can show that a helmet was purchased for the child after receiving the ticket.

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